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1-0, but long way to go

Anything with the publicity of the NBA finals can fall into what I think of as a football mentality.
You know, a game on Sunday and then the winner is doing everything right and the loser is terrible and will never win again.
But in football there is a week between games and time to let everything sink in and get on to the next week of overreaction.

So what I gather out of the Dallas media is that because the Mavericks won with terrible games from Dirk Nowitzki and Josh Howard that this series will be easy. Either a 4-1 victory or a sweep.

I guess the other side is that Miami was trailing by just two in the fourth quarter despite not getting the ball to Shaq enough and missing most of their free throws.

I've seen a lot more of the Mavericks than I have the Heat. I know Dallas can play better, but I'm sure Miami can, too.

Unless there's a Dallas rout on Sunday night, I'm not ready to call this series over.

Small world: As I asked a question in a post-game press conference on Thursday night, I realized the guy who handed me the microphone was Les Dolberry from Holliday. Dolberry, who lives in Plano, was wearing a NBA Entertainment logo and helping staff the post-game proceedings. We used to play some pickup basketball together. Small world indeed.

Posted by Andy Newberry at 1:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)